Rebels of the Ahrar al Sham jihadist group have agreed to surrender Harasta, the only town they controlled in the East Ghouta region of Damascus, in exchange for transport for them and their families to Idlib. A total of 1500 militants and 6000 of their family members are expected to be evacuated from Harasta. On their way out, they were trolled by Syrian Army soldiers who, among other things, waved the Two-Star Flag of the Syrian Arab Republic at the outgoing buses. This leaves a small number of Hayat Tahrir al Sham rebels in Harasta, and if they do not likewise surrender by the end of the week, the SAA will take Harasta by force. On a related note, rebels of the Faylaq al Rahman , the jihadist group in control of the Southern Ghouta pocket which contains the towns of Irbin, Zamalka, Ayn Terma and Jobar have agreed to a ceasefire. Preliminary reports claim that they also wish to surrender for evacuation to Idlib. Hayat Tharir al Sham is also present there and if they choose not to evacuate after Faylaq al Raham, the SAA will be forced to restart operations to wrest those towns by force. This would leave Douma, controlled by the Jaish al Islam jihadist group, as the only part of East Ghouta not under the control of the SAA. Douma is currently under a temporary ceasefire while negotiations for its surrender continue. The pattern in Douma, over the past two weeks, has been airstrikes leading to ceasefire and negotiations, and when those fail, the continuation of airstrikes. Southern Damascus, ie the towns of Babila, Yarmouk, and Qadam, most of which is under the control of ISIS, seems to figure in the next phase of operations.

Kerry admits it\'s largely Al-Qaeda which holds Aleppo but still doesn\'t want the Russians and Syrians to pounce on it {{file t=ba319ef3b8c4}} The U.S. admits that the upcoming Aleppo offensive by the Syrian government and its allies is[url=http://www.moonofalabama.org/2016/04/us-officials-confirm-syrian-army-attack-in-aleppo-to-hit-al-qaeda-.html]designed to hit al-Qaeda[/url] and associated terrorist forces and not primarily the \"moderate\" unicorns the U.S. propaganda blushes about. But the openly U.S. supported forces will also be hit as they are very much [url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2016/04/255708.htm#SYRIA]integrated[/url] with al-Qaeda. The U.S. has for long considered al-Qaeda a secret ally in its attempt to destroy the Syrian state. The French magazine L\'Orient Le Jour[url=https://translate.google.de/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lorientlejour.com%2Farticle%2F982771%2Fal-nosra-piece-centrale-de-la-guerre-dusure-americaine-en-syrie-.html&edit-text=]sees[/url] the [url=https://consortiumnews.com/2016/03/23/us-media-hid-al-qaedas-syria-role/]U.S. relation with al-Qaeda in Syria[/url] as part of the attrition strategy the U.S. is waging against Syria (and Russia). Secretary of State Kerry tried to convince the Russian that al-Qaeda should not be attacked during the cessation of hostilities. But the Russian\'s did not agree. Al Qaeda is a UN recognized international terrorist organization which, under UNSC resolutions, must be fought. The U.S. only succeeded in [url=http://original.antiwar.com/steven_chovanec/2016/02/29/protecting-al-qaeda/]downgrading[/url] the permanent ceasefire the Russians had preferred to into a temporary cessation hostilities. It thought to use the time [url=http://www.moonofalabama.org/2016/04/us-delivers-3000-tons-of-weapons-and-ammo-to-al-qaeda-co-in-syria.html]to rearm[/url] and to regroup its proxy forces. But then thing went wrong. An offensive along the Turkish border to push away the Islamic State and to seal the border between the Islamic State and Turkey failed. Al-Qaeda convinced other groups, including directly U.S. supported CIA assets, to prematurely [url=http://www.moonofalabama.org/2016/04/syria-as-rebels-break-ceasefire-army-gathers-for-new-campaign.html]attack[/url] Syrian government forces south of Aleppo on Tal el-Eis. The attack mad only little progress before it was stopped. Now al-Qaeda and the U.S. proxies are [url=https://twitter.com/EjmAlrai/status/724458924154429440]heavily targeting[/url] the government held western arts of Aleppo city: #Aleppo observed the most violent day in d history of d war in #Syria causing 21 killed & 95 wounded. Every single street was hit by rebels+ Since the announcement of the cease-fire, over 492 killed & wounded were registered in the only 2 hospitals in regime held area in [url=https://twitter.com/hashtag/Aleppo?src=hash]#Aleppo[/url]. These attacks on the population are designed to bait the Syrian government forces into an immediate all-out attack into the al-Qaeda held parts of Aleppo city. I doubt that they will fall for it. The response for now will be more intense bombing in preparation for a well thought out attack later on. Kerry recently again [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/23/world/middleeast/russian-military-buildup-near-aleppo-threatens-truce-kerry-warns.html?ref=world&_r=0]tried to convince[/url] the Russian government of partitioning Syria into \"zones of interest\". This would shield terrorist forces form further Syrian and Russian attacks: "We've even proposed drawing a line, an absolute line, and saying, 'You don't go over there, we don't go over here, and anything in between is fair game.' And they are considering that, and I think we will get there in the next week or so."The rather harsh public response to that Kerry nonsense [url=https://twitter.com/mfa_russia/status/724574147477671937]came in today[/url]: {{file t=ead397baf81d}} #Lavrov: Splitting Syria into zones of influence is a simplistic idea; the main objective must be to route terrorism #Lavrov: US has not fulfilled its promise made two months ago to move "good opposition forces" away from the terrorist front lines in Syria #Lavrov: The US State Dept. may shy away from cooperation with Russia, but there is no place for shyness in the fight against terrorism #Lavrov: The UNSC declared Jabhat al-Nusra a terrorist group. Those who want to distance themselves from this group should do so physically Translation: Get your proxies out of the way or they will get hurt badly. The U.S. \"[url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/kerry-issues-warning-as-syrian-parties-back-halt-to-fighting/41979418]plan B[/url]\" of [url=http://www.activistpost.com/2016/03/kurdish-federalization-reminiscent-of-kerrys-plan-b-brzezinski-nato-plan-a.html]splitting Syria into statelets[/url] has been rejected by the Syrian government and its allies. The Syrian government and its allies are convinced that they can beat al-Qaeda and its various associates on the battle field. They are preparing a large attack against al-Qaeda and anyone nearby. There is little the U.S. can do to help the designated terrorists of al-Nusra in west Syria. But it continues its attempts to split Syria by [url=http://turcopolier.typepad.com/sic_semper_tyrannis/2016/04/special-forces-in-rojava-ttg.html]inserting[/url] more of its special forces into north east Syria. These and their Kurdish proxy fighters have the task to take as much of eastern Syria from the Islamic State and others as possible before the Syrian government forces can do so. The thinking is that any captured town will be an asset in future negotiations. It will be interesting to see how the Syrian government and its allies will counter that move. {{file t=c6fbc3924d45}} Less than 15 years after 9/11, the US government is openly cooperating with and defending Al Qaeda. What more needs to be said about the morality of the US government, or the state of democracy in the USA? Immediately after 9/11, Washington declared relentless war against Al Qaeda; and President Putin was the first foreign leader to offer his condolences and his support. Today, Washington has aligned itself with Al Qaeda and against Russia

[b]{{file t=9fa8b04d0779}}[/b] [b]Essay by Gary Pearse, WUWT commenter[/b] On the thread [i][url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/03/03/yale-university-closes-climate-change-institute/]Yale University Closes Climate Change Institute[/url] [/i]longtimeWUWT commenter Gray Pearse gave a synopsis of the anemic state of climate activism these days. As I published that article, I had thought to myself that the closing of this Yale Climate Institute signals a sea-change, one that has been long in coming. Gary cemented those thoughts, and I have reproduced his comments here with added links to his references in order to provide the perspective. Gary Pearse [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/03/03/yale-university-closes-climate-change-institute/#comment-2158316]March 3, 2016 at 8:36 pm[/url] This is part of the long whimper. [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/11/19/one-year-ago-today-breaking-news-story-cru-has-apparently-been-hacked-hundreds-of-files-released/]Climategate in 2009[/url] and the [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/02/06/the-pause-hangs-on-by-its-fingernails/]"ridiculously resilient" Pause[/url]were pretty much the straws that cracked the climate's back. The timingof both marked the beginning of the pandemic of chronic clinical depression that struck an unknown number of prominent climate scientistsmore than halfway through their careers that we don't hear of anymore. Many were Ozzies- for some odd reason more than half the climate industry is Australian -(CSIRO [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/02/03/aussie-csiro-massive-cuts-to-government-climate-jobs/]canned...wait for it...350 of them[/url]- more than three worlds' worth for a science with one linear equation and a one chemical element to deal with). And they have an evermore increasingly ridiculous Climate Science Centre of Excellence that sticksout like the statue of Saddam's thumb that you will recall got pushed over ignominiously.The commodore of the Ship of Fools who got [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/01/04/usa-to-the-rescue-us-coast-guard-ice-breaker-asked-to-assist-antarctic-rescue-vessels-trapped-in-ice-due-to-spiritofmawson-fiasco/]stuck in the ice and pummeled by blizzards[/url] while studying the disastrous effects of global warming on Antarctica and had to be [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/01/03/xue-long-beset-by-ice-aurora-australis-to-abandon-sar-and-head-to-casey-base-with-spirit-of-mawson-people/]rescued by a Chinese helicopter[/url] (you can't make this stuff up) got an [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/01/21/spiritofmawson-fiasco-leader-gets-award-for-excellence/]award from the Centre of Excellence[/url]for this debacle. He ventured back into the limelight to do an encore without risking making a voyage, of course, to report the [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/02/13/chris-turney-penguins-dont-migrate-theyre-dying/]sad news of a large flock of Adelie Penguins having died leaving their sad remains all over the ice[/url] - these [url=http://www.livescience.com/53715-missing-adelie-penguins-are-probably-fine.html]turned out to be the remains of birds mummified decades ago[/url]. A knowledgeable commentator advised us that it is [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/02/13/chris-turney-penguins-dont-migrate-theyre-dying/#comment-2145118]normal to find dead chicks broken eggs[/url]and the mummified remains because there are no clean-up predators in Antarctica and they are quick frozen. McIntyre, who is a one man climatescience paper killer will need help to finish off the job of cleaning out the thousands of worthless climate papers in the literature. Joe Romm - [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/05/27/climate-progress-blog-shuts-down-disappears-all-previous-comments/]gone[/url]. Real Climate [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/11/21/realclimate-org-goes-dark-is-it-permanent/]hanging on like a foundering ship[/url], Bill McKibben- gone [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/12/04/weepy-bill-mckibben-steps-down-as-chairman-of-350-org/]in tears[/url], Al Gore - [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/10/08/hump-day-hilarity-al-gores-ait-firesale/]sold his TV station to oil sheiks[/url] and makes only half-hearted appearances with his [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/12/05/al-gore-practices-stagecraft-at-paris-cop21-climate-meeting-with-fainting-woman/]tattered "reality elixir show"[/url] on life support like the end days of Buffalo Bill. [url=http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20130111/new-york-times-dismantles-environmental-desk-journalism-fracking-climate-change-science-global-warming-economy]New York times shuts down its embarrassing global warming section[/url] and several other dying newspapers have done the same. James Lovelock, inventor of Gaia [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/01/26/newsbytes-global-warming-downgraded-james-lovelock-recants/]gracefully recanted his position[/url], saying it was a way too overblown. And those remaining? These are the ones with the most skin in the game and also those captive to their governments urging them on in this dead issue. They also have psychological issues I'm sure, evidenced by the reckless, 'sauve qui peut' (save what you can is a losing sides lastorder in a war) behavior of simply trashing the pause. They are giving their bosses their all and will be taking a comfortable retirement before Trump is inaugurated although their legacy won't be something to dwell on. A tide of change is coming from other university researchers that are emboldened to give [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/03/01/new-publication-demonstrates-that-scientists-have-routinely-exaggerated-the-evil-twin-of-climate-change-aka-ocean-acidification/]ocean acidifcation a decent burial[/url], [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/02/24/new-paper-shows-global-warming-hiatus-real-after-all/]resurrection of the Pause[/url], [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/02/16/study-increased-carbon-dioxide-is-greening-deserts-globally/]good things about CO2[/url] and some warmth etc. This is the long, slow death spiral of CAGW. Lamar's [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/02/29/uh-oh-u-s-lawmakers-expand-probe-of-hiatus-denying-noaa-study/]Senate investigation of the killing of the pause[/url], the [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/03/02/shuklas-scam-and-folly/]Shukla affair[/url], etc. may wind it up. I would like to add a few other little known factoids to the excellent list Gary created. Remember when [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/11/21/realclimate-org-goes-dark-is-it-permanent/]Real Climate went dark[/url]? It's because the parent environmental organization, Fenton Communications/[url=https://www.heartland.org/policy-documents/truth-about-realclimateorg]EMS[/url], that [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/11/30/the-genesis-of-realclimate-org-appears-in-the-climategate-emails-and-surprise-the-bbcs-roger-harrabin-seems-connected/]bankrolled RC[/url] went d[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_Media_Services]ark themselves in 2005[/url], and eventually, RC got the hosting rug [url=http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2015/11/reports-of-our-demise/]pulled out from under them as people and domain registered email addresses disappeared[/url]. Oh but it doesn't stop there, [url=http://crooksandliars.com/2015/12/progressive-pr-firm-fitzgibbon-media-shuts]Fitzgibbon Media is no more[/url], thanks to the [url=http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2015/12/fitzgibbon_media_shuts_down_over_sexual_assault_and_sexual_harassment_allegations.html]founder who couldn't keep it in his pants[/url] [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/04/16/facts-about-the-forecast-the-facts-campaign-theyre-just-another-mouthpiece-of-the-center-for-american-progress/]Forecast the Facts[/url] & a bunch of other global warming campaigns ... [url=http://www.fitzgibbonmedia.com/category/client/forecast-the-facts/]kaput[/url]. (h/t to Ryan Maue) Speaking of not being able to "keep it in your pants" we end on this note with [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2012/02/09/ipccs-pachauris-voodo-science-claim-comes-full-circle/]purveyor of "voodoo science"[/url], [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2013/02/22/ipcc-railroad-engineer-pachauri-acknowledges-no-warming-for-17-years/]former railroad engineer[/url], [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/01/30/ipcc-now-in-bizzaroland-pachauri-releases-smutty-romance-novel/]slutty potboiler novelist[/url], and [url=http://wattsupwiththat.com/2015/02/24/un-ipcc-climate-head-rajendra-pachauri-resigns-amid-sexual-harassment-allegations/]disgraced IPCC chairman[/url] Rajenda Pachauri, who got caught with sexual harrasment issues, and who has [url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Delhi-Police-charge-TERIs-Pachauri-with-sexual-harassment-stalking/articleshow/51209218.cms]now been formally charged[/url]. Ironically, the [url=http://nofrakkingconsensus.com/2016/03/01/pachauri-criminal-charges-total-1400-pages/]list of charges span 1400 pages[/url], which is about 1000 more than his [url=http://www.amazon.com/Return-Almora-Dr-R-K-Pachauri/dp/8129115743/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&tag=wattsupwithth-20&qid=1457117871&sr=8-1&keywords=return+to+almora]autobiographical sex novel[/url], but far more factual. Good riddance. http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/03/04/the-long-whimper-of-climate-alarmism/ {{file t=90f7bc63fd93}}

The global warming debate is one of the biggest topics of the last few years. It makes it's way into the political, financial, environmental, entertainment and social arena. While it appears as though the verdict is in and we are in fact responsible for the recent warming, we must take the time to really look at all the possibilities here. This article is in no way denying that climate change is happening, that we can see, instead, we are exploring what truly might be causing it and ultimately what we can do to prepare for a serious climate shift. Note: Please read the whole thing through before drawing conclusions. What will be presented in this article is an in depth look at data from research done at the Vostok station in the Antarctic. Hardly new data, it still remains more of a quiet topic as it without a doubt draws question to how big our role is on global warming. Don't confuse this with environmental degradation, it is more than clear that as humans we are completely destroying our environment and we need to stop, but it's important to know the full details about what we're doing. The research was done over many years by a group of Russian and French scientists. Why it is important to know who did this research is because we can better remove the potential bias due to financial or political gain. Before we jump into the data, I want to make it clear that this is not false data, made up or hypothetical, it is very real. One final note, when it comes to the treatment of our environment I will be the first to say that I do not agree with the use of harsh chemicals, fossil fuels, clear cutting, dumping, toxic waste disposal, etc. I know that what we are doing to our environment is a serious issue, but is very overlooked due to the attention and distraction global warming creates. We need to change our ways, but global warming is not the biggest issue. Vostok Data The Vostok ice core sample was obtained by drilling down into the ice above Lake Vostok to a depth of 3623m. The graph built from the Vostok ice core data shows us the relationship between CO2 in the atmosphere and global temperature. Contrary to current belief today, the Vostok data shows us that CO2 increases lag behind temperature increases by about 800 years. This means that CO2 is not the cause of the increased temperatures, although it might potentially play a small role. This cannot be confirmed at this time however. The Vostok graph also shows us the cyclical pattern that occurs with warming and cooling as well as the increase in CO2 levels. The graph below indicates the approximate 110,000 year cycles that took place over the past 420,000 years, in which there is a clear relationship between higher temperatures and increased CO2. https://cdn2.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2013/02/Vostok.png Green line indicates CO2. Blue line indicates temperature. Red line indicates dust. From this data we may question why the fall of CO2 after that fall in temperature? The reason is that cold water is capable of retaining more CO2 than warm water. We see this if we were to leave fizzy beverages out in warm weather, it would lose its carbonation quickly. In nature terms, when the temperatures are cooler, the ocean water is able to hold much more CO2. As the temperature warms, CO2 is released into the atmosphere, hence the increase in CO2 levels during warmer periods in time. What is very important to take from this data is that the rise and fall of global temperatures and the rise and fall of CO2 emissions is a completely natural cycle that the planet has gone through on many occasions. We can see that all increases and decreases correlate directly with the Ice Age minimus and maximus as shown in the graphs. This process has been happening for the past 420,000 years according to the data collected at Vostok. Also note the fact that the temperatures of today and the CO2 emissions of today are relative to previous peaks that occurred in the past. It is fair to say that 150 years ago we did not have the same level of industry and CO2 emissions as we do today, never mind 100,000 or 200,000 years ago. This tells us that regardless of the CO2 emissions we have sent into the atmosphere, it is not adding a great deal nor is it causing the warming. It is believed that there is about 800 billion tonnes of CO2 in the atmosphere and human activities release about another 27 billion tonnes per year, or 3% of the total. What is important to note is that CO2 in the air dissolves into the oceans and there is a lot more in the oceans than there is in the atmosphere. CO2 in the oceans is slowly gathered by limestone, chalk and other rocks. More than 100 times the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is locked up in these stones (The White Cliffs of Dover are largely responsible for sequestering CO2). How much CO2 that goes to the ocean versus into the atmosphere is not understood at this point. So regardless of the 3% of total emissions that humanity creates, it is very likely that a large portion of it doesn't even make it to the atmosphere. Even if one were to assume that man is contributing large amounts of CO2 to the atmosphere, it will dissolve in the sea and then turn to limestone without any help from us. CO2 contributes 9% of the greenhouse effect. Industry currently pumps 3% more CO2 into the atmosphere each year, which is only responsible for a total of .27% of the greenhouse effect. The reality this creates is that if we were to cease all transport and industry right now, it is very unrealistic to assume that it would have any impact on global warming. Since this cannot be stated as fact, we can leave this point open to possibility. However it is important to note that the claims made by major pushers of global warming greatly rely on the assumption that humanity's small addition to the CO2 levels is what is going to push warming beyond a point of return. As you can see from the previous data, this assumption is not backed nor sound. The graph below shows the sources of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. https://cdn3.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2013/02/sources-of-greenhouse-gases.gif If we look to roughly 325,000 years ago, based on the Vostok data above, we see that Earth was at the peak of a warm interglacial period. At that time, global temperature and CO2 levels were higher than they are today. Currently, we are again at the peak and near end of a warm interglacial. Based on the cycle, it would suggest that we are heading into another Ice Age period of cooling where global temperatures will drop and ice will again form heavily at the poles. The fact of the matter is, while the world is focused on anthropogenic global warming, warming induced by humans, what could potentially be a more serious and real matter is that of the coming ice age as the cycle suggests. 420,000 years of data has proven to us that we are not going to see a constant warming of the planet and that we are near the very end of a warming cycle -yet we seem stuck in the idea that we are about to cease our existence due to global warming. At this point, the data should speak for itself and completely nullify any belief that global warming is induced by humans, and that CO2 is the cause. We see very clearly that CO2 lags the temperature increases and has done so many times. A Few Added Key Points 1. Four times in the period, (ie, roughly every 100,000 years) the temperature has quickly shot up to 2^0C - 3^0C above today's and then slowly slipped back to about 8^0C below today's temperature. It looks as though the Earth's non-linear climate system has two stable states and flops rhythmically from one to the other. 2. We are currently at the top of a cycle and an ice-age seems to be in our near future. It is important to note that comparing today's position with the 4 previous peaks, the temperature should have reached 2^0C or more some 10,000 years ago, but it hasn't. If anything, the world is now somewhat colder than what we might have expected. 3. CO2 and temperature correlate to each other very well based on the data well. When temperature goes up, so does CO2. When temperature drops, so does CO2. CO2 increases lag temperature increases by 800-1000 years. 4. We normally think that causes come first and consequences come after. Hence the belief that CO2 creates the temperature increase. Looking over long periods in this data, it is temperature that comes first and by a thousand years or so (except for a short period about 340,000 years ago). Al Gore seems to overlook this important detail in his film. 5. Global Warming is an area of science where experiments are very hard to perform, but nature has given us 4 repetitions to show us what we might expect. The Vostok core clearly indicates that when the temperature reaches 2^0C a mechanism kicks in which sets the temperature falling again and initiates an ice-age. Since this mechanism has repeatedly worked well after 100,000 years of disuse, it seems to be an expected cycle. 6. We know that the sun and its increased/ prolonged radiation over the past years is a very big driving force of global wamring right now. We also know that when heated, greenhouse gases become lighter and ascend into the atmosphere only to give absorbed heat away. We don't know what happens next and science has not substantiated this. I do recognize the importance of addressing the possibility of global warming being caused by humans. But the fact is, we do not know that CO2 causes it. We do not know if the negligible amounts of CO2 we create can even have an impact on warming either. These are all assumptions at this point. Solar radiation appears to be the number one cause. Natural cycles would probably be number 2. Beyond that it is difficult to say because we cannot perform scientific experiments very easily. One final fact that is very often overlooked is that the amount of heat radiated by the earth into space varies as the fourth power of the absolute temperature. Simply put, if we see an increase of 1.4% in radiated energy, we see a strong stabilizing effect on global temperatures. (If the average temperature of the atmosphere rises from 20C to 21C (293K to 294K or .3%), the radiated energy increases by 1.4%.) What Should We Really Be Doing? Adding a carbon tax does nothing except syphon more much needed resources out of the population and into the hands of government. This is not a solution but instead a manipulation of people based on false ideas. Instead, given climate is a real issue, we must think about how we will adjust key aspects of our society like food and water availability or viable living areas based on the natural cycle occurring. Instead, we approach it from an inaccurate, economic view that is putting all the onus on PEOPLE. We need to solve these issues intelligently and from a very real preparedness point of view. This is something we are not talking about as we simply blame humans for the cause in a political agenda.

This unruly 11 years old arablet was caught with his seriously abused donkey the donkey carryied scars and open wounds untreated The child admits he beats the donkey himself with a metal stick and gave an example to the officers The donkey is used to sell fruits and various merchandise The child launch attacks at the cop and show no freight of the law and no understanding of compassion to animals He mocks the cops who choose the side of the donkey ie see him as equal to them. The cops treat him with extra dignity. The child is of Abd Al-Kadr tribe which is a famous crime family in Israel.

Maps of SAA advances on Dec. 6th, 2016: Confirmed Advances, ie those reported on by both SANA, Pro-Govt, SOHR, and Pro-Opposition sources: SAA has retaken Sha\'ar District and Karam Jabal directly to its west. {{file t=3913fff46725}} Unconfirmed Advances, ie those reported on by Pro-Govt Sources (excluding SANA): SAA has retaken Al Marjeh District and Sheikh Lutfi District to its South (Area Outlined in Yellow).{{file t=e9e8c33609b7}}

[b]A soldier from the IDF Education Corps was leading a Jewish tour group around the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighborhood of Mea Shearim, when the residents of the neighborhood began throwing used diapers, eggs, and water bottles at her. The soldier, Tamar Shadmi, called the police who evacuated the group from the scene. Her father Alon, wrote on President Reuven Rivlin's facebook page about the incident with his daughter. He said that, with al due respect to the President's vision of "uniting the tribes" (ie uniting all sectors of Israeli society), President Rivlin still doesn't know how to live with people who are against him.[/b]

The False-Flag Event Plan by sections: Objective[/*]Focus[/*]Event Type[/*]Main Event[/*]Date/Time[/*]Location[/*]Participants[/*]Perpetrator[/*]Victim(s)[/*]Event Execution[/*]Back-up plans[/*]Official Narrative[/*]Cover-up[/*][/list]I initially am constructing this using the following assumptions; A BIG event is needed. 100+ deaths. Shock value is very important. Therefor, unlike so many of the recent events, I believe real deaths are going to be needed. Objective - the primary objective, or 'solution', is gun legislation similar to the Australian semi-auto ban. This is proving difficult in gun friendly USA. So they have adjusted their plans and will be pushing to implement the 'No Fly List' gun ban. Focus - in order to generate maximum impact the focus will be on the victims, and the victims families. The purpose to create sympathy, anger, grief. They want to create the "something needs to be done" mentality. This is what the media will be pushing. This is the intended 'reaction'. And if we have real victims, then we will have real grieving parents. And, unfortunately, we at least will see what real grief, anguish, shock, and anger look like. Instead of loved ones of alleged victims who can't keep from smiling, can't generate tears, or can't stop from flirting with Anderson Cooper. Event Type - no decision here, has to be a mass shooting. Will need to include semi-auto rifles, with the now ubiquitous AR, and semi-auto handguns. Which manufacturer or caliber is unimportant. Just needs to be black and semi-auto. Would not be surprised if they used one of those high capacity (50-100 round) magazines as well. Probably throw in a semi-auto shotgun in the trunk just to cover all the bases. Main Event - the question I keep mulling on is will this be within a 'Drill'? It seems foolish at this point to use one, but don't underestimate the US Govt. The other reason not to use a drill is real casualties. Hmm... so let's think this out. We know ABSOLUTELY that many of these false-flag events have some kind of Emergency Response drills happening at the same time, location, or close by, or within days/weeks of the event. The drill is used as cover to set-up and execute the false-flag event. But these drills are not producing real casualties. Real people, real crisis actors, but no real deaths or injuries. People sign up to do a drill, and also sign a non-disclosure agreement, and when the drill goes 'live', those unknowing are stuck. They have to play along. However, no one actually died. My point here is if they need 'real deaths', they're not going to kill volunteer drill participants. At least it appears they have not yet. Hence if real deaths are needed then this means NO drill. Date/Time - this event has to happen before the Nov elections. And there also needs to be time to write/introduce/vote/pass the legislation, again before the election. So this puts the time window in the early summer, June/July. For maximum exposure it will probably fall midweek, Tue-Thu and need to happen early in the day, between 9-12 AM, for full coverage. Location - first which state. It seems logical if not necessary to have this in a Democratically controlled state, you know like CT (Sandy Hook), or CA (San Bernardino). This is a big event, so they need cooperation at all levels. However, there is one reason why I am reluctant to definitively declare this. I am convinced they must have real casualties this time... and lot's of them. It's one thing to agree to an event with 'fake' casualties, quite another with real ones. The possibility of using a Democratically controlled city within a Republican State comes to mind. Like say, Austin, TX. If they choose a Republican state then an isolated location would be preferred to make it easier to control the operation, with quick access to multiple highways. I'll address specific location types in following sections. Participants - if real casualties are needed, and a high body count. Then they cannot rely on the patsy to get it done, even a MKUltra one. They will need professional killers to get the body count they desire. The less knowing participants the better. Most participants therefor will be unknowing-unwilling real victims. Participants will be the actual shooters. There will be more than one, but the official narrative will be one. The real shooters will probably not be natives of the USA. Other personnel will include whatever other necessary persons needed to control the scene until extraction of the shooters. Also will have the patsy and his/her handlers. Perpetrator - will they roll out the young, white, loner again? That meme is so worn out. Do they throw in a racial element to make it a twofer? Even today, what justification have they given that makes any logical sense as to why Adam Lanza supposedly gunned down young children? Because... why? I understand completely why that group was chosen as the intended victims from the gun control lobby. But there is no logical reason to target young children. High School, revenge on bullies, at least that makes some sense. Based on my conclusion in the next section I'm going to say it will be a white male, mid 20's to mid 40's. He will have direct ties to alleged anti-government groups, like a patriot group or militia. This will tie back into maligning said groups such as those involved with the Hammond/Bundy shenanigans. His firearms therefor will be legitimately purchased. He will die by 'self' inflicted gun wound. That will be the official story, but in reality he'll be murdered as well. Victims - first, there must be real ones. This element really changes the entire event. Especially where it will occur. Obama needs maximum impact, and the only way to achieve that is real victims. And, as much as I hate to write this out, the younger the better. They are not going to target a Retirement Home. Not going to get the required sympathy element with older victims. And if younger is better, and they need vulnerable victims, and an easy target. And since Sandy Hook did not achieve the required reaction. Then would a preschool fit the bill? Young, innocent, defenseless, unsecured locations, no security. That is some dark conjecture to be sure. How desperate is Obama and the anti-gun group? It seems prudent to remind everyone that the 1st Iraq war was sold using what testimony? Does "dead babies on the cold floor" ring a bell? "I volunteered at the al-Addan hospital with twelve other women who wanted to help as well. I was the youngest volunteer. The other women were from twenty to thirty years old. While I was there I saw the Iraqi soldiers come into the hospital with guns. They took the babies out of the incubators, took the incubators and left the children to die on the cold floor. [crying] It was horrifying." This testimony was 100% false. And the Bush Administration milked it 'till the cow dried up. The girl who gave the [url=http://www.prwatch.org/books/tsigfy10.html]testimony[/url], Nayirah, turned out to be the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the US. She was coached by the Public Relations (Propaganda) firm Hill & Knowlton. {{file t=e2ee95da0cf0}} At least that testimony was BS, like Sandy Hook, no dead children after all. Unfortunately maximum effect is needed, therefor real deaths. Multiple locations? I thought about a preschool(s) with predominantly ethnic minorities, racial motivations. But that would not garner the necessary sympathies with the population at large, sad to say. I had another idea. Frankly, I'm getting a bit uncomfortable imagining possibilities. Summer camp? Lot's of young victims. Isolated. Possible attack on Religion (Church Camp). How about a YMCA? Remember it will be summer. Summer Camp really fits the bill. Young victims, isolated and therefor much easier to control the event, can use the attack on Religion angle, smartphones at most camps not allowed. Not sure how common security cameras are at Summer Camps, but leaning towards rare. My point is an actual legitimate reason for no raw video footage. Event Execution - time, time, time. Speed is of the essence. Fast in, fast out. Need time to execute the murders, get the real shooters out, and plant (and kill) the patsy. Back-up Plans - when formulating back-up plans have to consider what could go wrong. Have to be certain that no local Law Enforcement will show up before/during. Best plan would then to have some kind of 'distraction' to ensure slow response. Isn't Law Enforcement involved in these false-flag attacks? Yes, but killing opponents and threats like JFK/MLK/RFK is very different than killing innocent children. Participating in a drill where no one actually dies is very different than the killing of real children. Official Narrative - the Press will be selling the anti-government narrative, and in particular pushing for the No-Fly List gun ban. So they'll use words like 'extremist', 'domestic terrorist', 'anti-government'. Possibly also label a prepper. Loner, volatile, unstable. There should be some tie-in to why this guy should have been on the No Fly list. Cover-up - other than whatever 'story' is cooked up to frame and malign the alleged shooter.. ie the patsy. Cover-up actions will occur as needed. So as stated, my premise is built on real casualties. Many parameters above change if they go with fake casualties. I highly encourage all to engage in the thought exercise of using the Event Plan to predict potential future events or study pasts ones. It really makes you think them about it in a different and critical way. It has made it crystal clear for me why they use the 'drill' as cover for many events. Even if they do go with fake casualties, the summer camp is still an excellent location. They could literally create one from scratch. Hence, have total control of the scene. So there is my 'prediction'. I hope I'm right and putting this out there prevents it or radically changes it. Or better yet I'd love to be completely wrong, no event occurs at all. The worse case is I'm right and they do it anyway. But if the Alt/Truth community makes enough noise about it BEFORE it happens I believe we can possibly stop it, or blunt it to ineffectiveness. One other consideration to keep in mind. And another reason to do this in an isolated location. It is my opinion that the San Bernardino event was a gun-control event that got hi-jacked by the pro-war proponents. Which means they have had to re-think how to do their next operations. This could also be why we've not seen another minor gun-control false-flag since SB. This has been a very disturbing article to write. But people are literally doing this. People are creating these false-flag events, and executing them, and selling them as factual. So someone is dreaming up this garbage. Someone is... "making this stuff up!". The past few months I've heard that mantra frequently in Alt/Truth news. The truth is so bizarre sometimes those reporting it, out of incredulity, utter... "you can't make this stuff up". But that's an oxymoron. Because that is EXACTLY what is occurring. People are 'making it up', people are creating these false realities. People are regularly telling one bold face lie after another after another after another. I've struggled with whether I should post this article or not. At the worst that I might actually be giving these bastards ideas. But perversity seems to be their forte so I doubt I scratched the surface of what they've imagined. But the pertinent question is what will they do? How low will they go? Regardless we must fight back. We are in a war. And the frontline of this war is the battlefield for our minds. I've had enough of these psychopaths forcing their perverse notions of society down our throats. It is time to take our lives back. Our spirits back. Our cultures and communities back. This is personal for me. If people are going to stick their #*%^! noses in my business then at the very least I am going to defend myself. So this article is me striking back. I am utterly sick of these false-flag events. Enough of this bullshit. If we know what their objective is; gun control, and we know what vehicle they've been using to push it; false-flag mass shooting events, then we can mess up the works. We must call out their BS beforehand. We must defend ourselves, we must push back, we must fight back. This is not easy for me personally. In part because of simply who I am. I mean no harm to any person. I have no desire to be, or fantasize about, inflicting violence. I am not naturally aggressive. But we are in a WAR. And basic human instinct, regardless of rights, is to defend oneself from harm. Defending yourself is normal and healthy. We, but especially males in 1st world nations, have been conditioned and programmed to be non-aggressive. In an unhealthy way. I refer to this as the 'neutered male'. In the same vein we have the modern 'man-child'. Which has been regularly programmed through mass media for decades now, with Will Farrell being the current poster child. I grew up watching Mister Rogers, Sesame Street, Captain Kangaroo. Bless the men on those shows but I would not want any of them with me in a real fight. I have respect for the true pacifist. But I also believe they are deeply misguided. Confusing self defense with violent tendencies. The best defense against the bully is to fight back. Let him/her know that at the least if they mess with you they risk injury. And that is what we have today in the USA. A preponderance of bullying. And it's individuals using the Government to bully the people of the nation. Or worse, to bully other nations. It's this bullying at the top that has permeated throughout our culture. Bullying is a real issue at most schools. What is more alarming is how frequently the victim gets in trouble when they finally physically defend themselves. Thus promoting this culture of bullying. That is what the USA has become, a bully nation. I hate to say it. But really since WWII, the USA has been nothing but a bully to the rest of the world. Financially, culturally, militarily. A very deadly bully for some nations. So gun-control fanatics, globalists, bullies, and of course the Obama administration. Here is some return fire for ya. I sincerely hope it hits the bullseye! [font=Merriweather, Georgia, serif][b]https://memoryholeblog.com/2016/02/21/exposing-obamas-next-big-false-flag-before-it-happens/[/b][/font]

{{file t=98a299419f08}} On April 18, the U.S. Air Force's massive B-52 Stratofortresses launched their first strikes against the Islamic State. In the mission over Qayyarah, Iraq, the lumbering warplanes dropped GPS- or laser-guided bombs onto a nondescript set of buildings. But despite being icons of American military power, the bombers might not be the best tools for the job. When Boeing delivered the last B-52s more than a half century ago, the flying branch expected the planes would obliterate sprawling Soviet military bases and cities with nuclear bombs - not carry out pinprick strikes on terrorists in the Middle East. "I just feel this is [the] B-52 being shoehorned into current operations," Brian Laslie, Air Force historian and author of[url=http://www.amazon.com/Air-Force-Way-War-Training/dp/0813160596/ref=as_li_ss_tl?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1461312140&sr=1-1&keywords=air+force+way+of+war&linkCode=ll1&tag=waisbo-20&linkId=deabd5644e177eaa1021273ca2af8a12]The Air Force Way of War[/url], [url=https://twitter.com/BrianLaslie/status/722820113255292928]wrote [/url][url=https://twitter.com/BrianLaslie/status/722820113255292928]on[/url][url=https://twitter.com/BrianLaslie/status/722832808218140672]Twitter[/url] on April 20. "I'm not saying B-52 is wrong platform. I'm just not convinced it is." {{file t=c16d313b5e47}} To be sure, the Pentagon has played up the decision to send the eight-engine heavy bombers back to war. The deployment to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar marked the first time the aircraft - informally nicknamed the Big Ugly Fat Fucker, or BUFF - had flown out of a base in the Middle East in more than 25 years. In continuous service since 1955 and repeatedly upgraded, a single B-52 can lug 35 tons of bombs and missiles. While the plane can fly nearly 9,000 miles with a full load of fuel, aerial tankers can keep the BUFF airborne as long as the crew [url=https://warisboring.com/watch-american-troops-pick-over-a-b-52-crash-site-670e0bc387fa#.9eooa7usx]can hold out[/url]. {{file t=50d9ace567a1}} The bombers are "legendary," U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren, the Pentagon's top spokesman for America's war on Islamic State,[url=http://www.defense.gov/News/News-Transcripts/Transcript-View/Article/739157/department-of-defense-press-briefing-by-col-warren-via-teleconference-from-bagh]told reporters[/url] on April 20. "Obviously, the B-52 does have a long and very illustrious history. So we do like to talk about it." The planes replaced B-1 bombers that had been flying over Iraq and Syria since August 2014. [url=http://www.airforcetimes.com/story/military/2016/03/24/air-force-f-16s-fly-most-sorties-against-isis-b-1s-drop-most-bombs/82212394/]According to the Air Force[/url], these "Bones" had flown only seven percent of the missions by manned aircraft since the bombing campaign started, but had lobbed nearly 40 percent of the weapons. "The B-52s really are replacing the B-1s," Warren explained. "[The B-52s] will conduct the same type of precision strikes that we've seen for the last 20 months here in this theater." But none of this really explains whether sending the BUFFs - or the "Bones" beforehand- was a practical move in a fight against small groups of militants, with few heavy weapons, who favor civilian style vehicles for transportation. When the BUFFs touched down in Qatar, the Air Force already had F-15E Strike Eagle and F-16C Viper fighter bombers, F-22 Raptor stealth fighters, A-10 Warthog ground attackers anddrones in the region. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps had F/A-18 Hornets and AV-8 Harrier jump jets flying from aircraft carriers and land bases. Coalition partners France and the United Kingdom added even more planes to the mix. The vast majority of these planes can carry the same types of bombs the B-52 dumped on Qayyarah. Of course, the bombers can stay airborne longer and carry more weapons on each flight, potentially taking out more targets on each outing. {{file t=65e4f8ad5c76}} But that comes at a cost. The Air Force spends around $70,000 for every hour a B-52 is in the air. By comparison, the Bone costs the flying branch just over $61,000 per flying hour. At some $20,000 an hour, the smaller F-16s are significantly cheaper to put into combat. The venerable A-10 costs even less than that. So for every hour of BUFF flight time, the Air Force could get three times as much out of its Vipers or Warthogs. In a video the Pentagon released of the strike at Qayyarah seen above, four or five individual bombs appear to rain down on different buildings in an Islamic State "weapons storage facility." We don't know if the bomber went on to hit any other targets. But Air Force and Navy pictures routinely show their smaller jets carrying these many bombs - or more - on strikes in Iraq and Syria. And the cost figures take into account the relative costs to repair and fuel up the various planes. Unlike many of the Pentagon's smaller jets, which are still rolling off the assembly line in many cases, the aging B-52 can be logistically demanding. When an A-10's engine gave out over Iraq on April 9, 2015, the Warthog made an emergency landing at Al Asad Air Base. Five days later, a repair team - with the help of U.S. Marines at the base - had the jet ready to go again after installing an entirely new engine. Unlike an A-10, replacing any one of a B-52's eight engines costs $1.5 million and lot more effort, the Air Force explained in a 2013[url=http://www.afgsc.af.mil/News/ArticleDisplay/tabid/2612/Article/629744/airmen-check-engines-save-millions.aspx]news release[/url]. And compared to more modern power plants, Pratt and Whitney's Cold War-era TF-33 turbofan is a noisy, dirty, inefficient gas-guzzler. The BUFFs have encountered other problems after decades of use. In January 2014, a B-52H was totaled after old electrical systems caught fire in the cockpit. The Air Force decided it would becheaper to pull another bomber out of the famous Boneyard at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona than fix the burned out plane. The flying branch estimated it would cost some $13 million to put the previously retired "Ghost Rider" [url=https://warisboring.com/i-ll-be-damned-these-boneyard-b-52s-can-still-fly-4eec4c8bf5cf#.m41hrol5u]back into action[/url]. Even upgrading the BUFFs to keep them up to date is becoming increasingly difficult, as the B-52's existing spinning launchers inside their bays were built to only carry nuclear bombs and cruise missiles. To carry conventional ordnance, the bombers must use cumbersome racks and external pylons. The Air Force has been testing a modification to allow the bombers to carry more and newer types of smart bombs and missiles with an internal rotary launcher. But [url=http://www.edwards.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123470858]in recent tests[/url], Air Force weaponeers encountered problems getting the launchers to work with the necessary software. "Imagine if the avionics computer, which is required to operate the weapons system, shuts down just prior to a bomb run?" an [url=http://www.edwards.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123470858]official Air Force article[/url]asked. Because this is exactly what happened. Technicians had to install multiple hardware and software fixes so the BUFF's crew could "talk" to the its new internal weapon racks without crashing the whole system. With this Internal Weapons Bay Upgrade still in development, the bombers in Qatar are making do with the older setups. All of this could help explain why the Air Force was initially reticent to send the bombers to the Middle East. [url=https://warisboring.com/b-52s-are-on-their-way-to-blast-isis-c590adb05788#.cu78q2k1f]In January[/url], after the B-1s departed, the Air Force insisted it had no plans to deploy the BUFFs to fight Islamic State. None of this is to say the B-52 isn't still relevant or decidedly impressive, especially with the age of the basic design. The airframe is extremely durable and can [url=https://warisboring.com/mike-huckabee-is-wrong-about-america-s-b-52s-8fd60797d651#.ukiqdfrt0]keep flying[/url] through the mid-2040s. Instantly recognizable, the bombers have a psychological effect on enemy forces that many newer planes simply don't possess. Besides, new motors and other modifications could breath extra life and more efficiency into the old BUFFs. In February, the Pentagon announced it was looking into building an "[url=https://warisboring.com/u-s-air-force-arsenal-plane-could-help-outgun-china-aea8ad1788e1#.ku3rjuuu6]arsenal plane[/url]" that could spit out dozens of long-range missiles or other weapons to get past ever improving surface to air missiles and air defense radars. Depending on the exact requirements, the B-52 could be a perfect platform for that plan. With the help of new anti-ship missiles, the BUFFs could help offset the potential threat of hostile warships in the Persian Gulf or the South China Sea. Since at least April 2014, the Air Force has been looking at turning some of its remaining H-model bombers back into [url=https://warisboring.com/transforming-a-b-52-into-a-maritime-patrol-plane-1003488b345a#.ecfx5kb39]maritime patrol planes[/url] - a role older G variants previously filled during the later stages of the Cold War. "I could be wrong as I'm not down range planning," Laslie added during his [url=https://twitter.com/BrianLaslie/status/722832808218140672]online discussion[/url] of the bomber's merits. But deterring China, Russia and Iran correspond with the B-52'sstrengths. Flying around Iraq picking off individual buildings and militants riding around in pickup trucks does not. And it's far from economical. {{file t=3c3823d014f0}} [font=Georgia, Baskerville, Times New Roman, Times, serif]http://www.nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/bombing-isis-b-52s-big-waste-15913[/font]